Ostensibly exploring the practice of law before the internet. Heck, before good highways for that matter.

Friday, October 2, 2015

Canadian politics. Being baffled.

I have a lot of Canadian cousins, aunts and uncles. Therefore, I read some of the Canadian news. It emphasizes to me how little we understand about the politics of another nation. I suppose, by extension, they don't understand ours.

For example, the Canadian election is coming up, and I've been reading a lot of posts by people who just hate Stephen Harper. I mean hate him. I have no idea why.

I don't hate our politicians, for that, matter, but somehow Harper draws the same sort of ire in some quarters that nearly every American President since Jimmy Carter has. Surely, Harper is not a bad or evil man, is he?

On another topic, the Parti Quebecois has proposed to banning public workers from wearing religious headgear, such as skull caps or Islamic head scarves. This to promote secular society.

Can they do that? They couldn't here. I'm amazed that such a thing would even be proposed, let alone in Canada, and let alone by the Parti Quebecois, but there you have it. I'm sure it won't occur, but what a baffling thought.

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This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

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On This Day In Wyoming History

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